Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. announced that the board of directors of its managing general partner has approved the opening of a new mine for the immediate development of ARLP’s Tunnel Ridge reserves. The Tunnel Ridge reserve area encompasses approximately 9,400 acres of land located in Ohio County, West Virginia and Washington County, Pennsylvania and includes [...]
TransMontaigne Partners L.P. announced that effective July 8, 2008, Charles L. Dunlap has been appointed to serve as a member of the Board of Directors and will also serve as a member of the Conflicts Committee of TransMontaigne GP L.L.C., the General Partner of the Partnership. The General Partner is responsible for managing the [...]
Buckeye Industrial Mining received a $200,000 state grant to help with a $15 million project that is expected to benefit from Baard Energy’s proposed $5 billion coal-to-fuel conversion plant.
The Ohio Rail Development Commission this week awarded Buckeye Industrial a $200,000 grant the company will use as part of its plans to create a facility for [...]
Buckeye Industrial Mining received a $200,000 state grant to help with a $15 million project that is expected to benefit from Baard Energy’s proposed $5 billion coal-to-fuel conversion plant.
The Ohio Rail Development Commission this week awarded Buckeye Industrial a $200,000 grant the company will use as part of its plans to create a facility for [...]
A state Senate committee rejected a request by Buchanan County residents to limit the dumping of salty mine water into a tributary of the Ohio River.
Consolidation Coal Co. has received a state permit to dump salty water from its Buchanan No. 1 mine, the state’s largest coal mine, into the Levisa Fork River, a [...]
One of the nation’s largest power generators will delay construction of two clean coal plants in Ohio and West Virginia for at least six months after studies showed they will cost more than expected.
American Electric Power said the plants aren’t in jeopardy and are still expected to go online between 2010 and 2015.
AEP told Ohio [...]
Developers of a refinery capable of transforming coal into clean-burning diesel fuel — and transforming the economy of Alexander County, Ill. — have been promoting their idea this week in meetings with area officials.
While the names of the investors are being kept secret, they have enlisted a retired Southern Illinois University administrator as a spokesman.
The [...]
A western Kentucky firm is planning a $200 million coal transfer operation and an ethanol plant in McCracken County that could create hundreds of construction jobs and about 80 full-time jobs.
Charlie Skaggs, an engineer who works for Cornette Engineering Services of Madisonville, told The Paducah Sun that the project involves a terminal to transfer coal [...]
The FutureGen project, which aims to advance energy technology, is ready to narrow its field.
Ohio finds out today if it will remain among seven states vying to host a $1 billion project to demonstrate cleaner burning of coal to generate electricity.
The FutureGen project, to begin operating in 2012, is planned as a model for future [...]
